Flowering stem up to 100-150 cm, densely pubescent, leafy. Bulb globose, 3 cm diam. Leaves lanceolate, 10-19 cm x 2-3 cm. Flowers 3-25 in raceme. Each flower 8-13 cm diam., tiariform, brick red with brown spots. V - mid spring to mid autumn, in St Petersburg May to October. Fl - late summer, in St. Petersburg August. Fr - October. P - by seed, but more easily by the small bulbs originating in the leaf axils. Moderately light-loving, prefers rich soil. In cultivation in Europe since 1804. Z 4.

Far East (southern Primorskiy Region), northeastern China, Japan and Korea. Meadows, rocky slopes, in river valleys.